Albert Popov wins in Madonna ahead of Loïc Meillard and Samuel Kolega. Image: keystone
Loïc Meillard also got on the podium during the Madonna slalom. He comes second behind Bulgarian sensation Albert Popov. For Meillard, it is fourth place in the leading trio.
An enraged Popov moved from 8th place to the top in the second round, securing the second victory for a Bulgarian in the Alpine Skiing World Cup. Peter Popangelov was the only pilot from this country to win the slalom 45 years ago in Lenggries, Germany.
With this race, Albert Popov secured victory.Video: SRF
Third in Levi in Finland, fifth in Gurgl, third in Val d’Isère, second in Alta Badia – and now second again. Meillard doesn’t let his back problems stop him from succeeding in the perch forest. He did not want to feel any pain during his second trips this Wednesday evening, said the Romand.
Second run for Loïc Meillard. Video: SRF
The fact of giving up the start of the Super-G in Bormio shortly before the start of the year and the break which extended to two and a half weeks apparently did him good. Thanks to his consistency, Meillard goes to Adelboden as leader of the World Cup discipline, where the slalom will take place on Saturday after the program was changed due to the expected weather situation.
-The Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath, clearly in the lead after half-time, was eliminated, and Samuel Kolega, also surprising, completed the podium.
The second best Swiss-Ski rider was Daniel Yule. The Valaisanne, three-time winner of the Madonna di Campiglio slalom, gained eleven places to rank seventh in the standings. There were also World Cup points for Tanguy Nef. The Genevan takes 15th place.
Daniel Yule had a solid second run.Video: SRF
The fourth Swiss finalist, Noel von Grünigen, failed in the second part of the course. The Bernese Oberlander, who lost his national team status after last season but had impressed in the European Cup slaloms this winter, rose to 20th place in the first round with number 45.
Ramon Zenhäuser and Marc Rochat missed qualification for the second round. Luca Aerni gave up on the first run after a threader. The Bernese was in good company. Among the failed pilots are also the Olympic champion Clément Noël, dominator of the first two slaloms of this winter, the Norwegian Timon Haugan, winner of Alta Badia, and the Austrian Marco Schwarz, winner of the last slalom of Alta Badia, in difficulty . after a long injury break, Madonna de Campiglio. (rice/nes)
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